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Cities of Dublin and Pleasanton | Disaster Debris Management Plan | 2022 47 requirements for potential state and/or federal reimbursement. More detail on stumps is provided in Attachment K, Hazardous Stump Removal Procedures. Trees Removing hazardous trees may be eligible for FEMA Public Assistance grant funding. A tree is considered hazardous if its condition was caused by the disaster; it is an immediate threat to lives, public health and safety, or improved property, it has a diameter breast height of six inches or greater and one or more of the following criteria are met:  Has a split trunk  Has a broken canopy  Is leaning at an angle greater than 30 degrees Trees determined to be hazardous and that have less than 50 percent of the root-ball exposed should be cut flush at the ground level. Grinding of the resulting stump after the tree has been cut flush at the ground level is not eligible work. The cut portion of the tree is included with regular vegetative debris. The Cities should make an effort to cut the tree trunk as close to the ground as possible. The eligible scope of work for a hazardous tree may include removing the leaning portion and cutting the stump at ground level. An example of an ineligible costing method for such work would be removing the tree and stump for two separate unit costs. The FEMA Public Assistance Program may reimburse straightening and bracing if they are less costly than removal and disposal. Straightening and bracing are emergency protective measures if they eliminate an immediate threat to lives, public health and safety, or improved property. If the Cities choose to straighten and brace a tree in lieu of removal, the tree would not be eligible for removal if it dies. Hazardous Limb Removal Removing hanging limbs may be eligible for Public Assistance grant assistance. Limbs must be:  The limbs or branches extend over the public ROW  The limbs or branches pose an immediate threat  Greater than two inches in diameter at the point of breakage  The Applicant removes the hazard from the public ROW (without entering private property) Only the minimum amount of work necessary to remove the hazard is eligible. Pruning, maintenance trimming, and landscaping are not eligible. Work should be executed in an efficient manner. For example, all hazardous limbs in a tree should be cut at the same time, not in passes for particular sizes. Work to remove hanging limbs from a tree that has been determined to be a hazard and is scheduled for removal is not eligible. If this work is contracted out, it is typically done on a per tree basis. An eligible scope of work may be to cut the branch at the closest main branch junction. Removing the entire branch back to the trunk may not be eligible.